Leonardo, the Beautiful Dreamer Hardcover - 2003 - 1st Edition
by Robert Byrd; Robert Byrd (Illustrator)
A renowned author-illustrator celebrates Leonardo da Vinci's passionate, playful genius in this glowing picture book replete with the richness and imagination of Leonardo's own notebooks. Full color.
Summary
Famous in his time as a painter, prankster, and philosopher, Leonardo da Vinci was also a musician, sculptor, and engineer for dukes, popes, and kings. What remains of his work-from futuristic designs and scientific inquiry to artwork of ethereal beauty-reveals the ambitious, unpredictable brilliance of a visionary, and a timeless dreamer.
Robert Byrd celebrates this passionate, playful genius in a glowing picture book replete with the richness and imagination of Leonardo's own notebooks. Twenty lavish spreads, including side drawings, supplemental texts, and quotes from Leonardo's writings, highlight distinct periods and make the master's art, jokes, explorations, and inventions wonderfully vivid and accessible. A striking tribute to an irrepressible mind and to the potential within all who are curious.
First line
"This writing in detail about the kites seems to be my destiny, for among my earliest childhood memories, it seemed to me that, as I lay in my cradle, a kite flew down and opened my mouth with its tail, and struck me several times with its tail inside my lips."
Details
- Title Leonardo, the Beautiful Dreamer
- Author Robert Byrd; Robert Byrd (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 48
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dutton Books for Young Readers, New York
- Date 2003-07-28
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Maps
- ISBN 9780525470335 / 0525470336
- Weight 1.28 lbs (0.58 kg)
- Dimensions 12.38 x 9.36 x 0.43 in (31.45 x 23.77 x 1.09 cm)
- Ages 07 to 10 years
- Grade levels 2 - 5
- Reading level 1120
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 15th Century
- Chronological Period: 16th Century
- Theometrics: Secular
- Library of Congress subjects Scientists, Leonardo
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003044860
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 08/01/2003, Page 1973
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 12/01/2003, Page 144
- Horn Book Magazine, 09/01/2003, Page 625
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2004, Page 173
- Kirkus Review - Children, 06/15/2003, Page 857
- New York Times, 11/16/2003, Page 20
- Publishers Weekly, 06/23/2003, Page 67
- School Library Journal, 10/01/2004, Page 0
- SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2003, Page 45
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